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Cold Cranking Simulator Viscosity Boosting Base Stocks and Lubricating Oil Formulations Containing the Same

a cranking simulator and viscosity booster technology, which is applied in the field of cold cranking simulator viscosity booster base stocks and formulations, can solve the problems of making the low temperature properties of the formulation worse in a conventional sense, and achieve the effects of improving high temperature viscosity, worsening the low temperature properties, and improving the low temperature properties

Active Publication Date: 2018-09-27
EXXONMOBIL CHEM PAT INC
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Benefits of technology

The patent offers a surprising solution for improving engine oil formulations by using a specific type of base stock. This base stock helps to achieve low KV100 (which means good engine performance at low temperatures) and acceptable CCSV (which means good fuel economy at high temperatures). This may sound counterintuitive, but using this base stock actually makes the formulation's low temperature properties worse. However, by using this base stock, the formulation can take advantage of the better high temperature viscosity, resulting in improved fuel economy.

Problems solved by technology

A CCSV-boosting base stock makes the low temperature properties of the formulation worse in a conventional sense.

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yl Paraffins as CCSV-Boosting Base Stocks

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[0138]Pure 1-tetradecene was dimerized in a continuous stirred-tank reactor in the presence of a metallocene catalyst system comprising biscylopentadienyl zirconium (IV) dichloride and methyl aluminoxane (MAO). MAO served as both a scavenger and a co-catalyst in the process. The catalyst system was dissolved in toluene before being charged into the reactor. Residence time was 6 hours at a reaction temperature of about 70° C. The reaction mixture effluent from the reactor was quenched by using a small quantity of water. Filter aid was added thereafter, and the fluid was filtered to remove Zr and / or Al-containing solid particles. Gas chromatography showed a conversion of the C14 LAO higher than 50%, and a selectivity toward dimers higher than 95%. The resultant unsaturated PAO was then flashed to remove the residual monomer. The unsaturated dimer product was then hydrogenated by reacting with hydrogen in the presence of a hydrogenation ca...

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d Catalyzed, Hydrogenated Dimers of C16 and C18 LAOs as CCSV-Boosting Base Stock

[0142]A series of hydrocarbon materials were made from single, pure LAO monomers, using BF3 as the polymerization catalyst ethanol as a promoter, and ethyl actate as terminator with a promoter / terminator ratio of 1, a polymerization temperature of 50° C., in a two-tank continuous stirred tank reactor with a residence time of 2 hours in the first tank and 1 hour in the second tank, substantially in accordance with the method taught in WO2006 / 101585 A1, mutatis mutandis. To the extent the dimers were made by using a conventional, non-metallocene catalyst, they are called conventional PAOs (“cPAO”s). The polymerization mixtures exiting the second tank were flashed to remove residual monomers to obtain unsaturated products comprising about 90 wt % dimers and about 10 wt % trimers. The unsaturated products were then hydrogenated by hydrogen in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst to obtain substantially s...

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rs as CCSV-Boosting Base Stocks

[0149]A series of linear, synthetic mono-ester base stocks were prepared by the condensation reaction of linear fatty acids (C10-C18 linear carboxylic acids) and linear primary alcohols (C6-C18 linear primary alcohols). Preferably, the ester has 26 carbons and is prepared from palmitic acid (C16) and n-decanol (C10) to make decyl palmitate. Properties of illustrative linear, synthetic mono-ester base stocks (i.e., decyl palmitate, dodecyl palmitate, decyl stearate, and dodecyl stearate) are shown in Table 2 below.

TABLE 2n-C12n-C10n-C12Propertiesn-C10 PalmitatePalmitateStearateStearateKV100 (cSt) 3.14 3.59 3.64 4.18KV40 (cSt)SolidSolidSolidSolidVI————NV (%)————Pour Point (° C.)>40>40>40>40Appearance at 25° C.SolidSolidSolidSolid

[0150]FIG. 3 graphically shows CCSV-boosting efficacies of a series of waxy esters. As can be seen, the base stocks listed in Table 2 above generated a positive D(ccsv) and a negative D(kv), both highly desired for a CCSV-boostin...

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Abstract

This disclosure relates to cold cranking simulator viscosity (“CCSV”) boosting base stocks that allow flexibility for engine oil formulations to meet both high and low temperature viscosity requirements while maximizing fuel efficiency. The CCSV-boosting base stocks can include C28-C60 hydrocarbon materials, linear esters, tertiary amides, dialkyl carbonates, aromatic alcohols, and aromatic ethers. This disclosure also relates to lubricating oil formulations containing the CCSV-boosting base stocks, and a method for improving fuel efficiency in an engine by using as engine oil a lubricating oil formulation containing one or more of the CCSV-boosting base stocks.

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PRIORITY CLAIM[0001]This application claims priority to and the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 62 / 476,017, filed Mar. 24, 2017, and is incorporated herein by reference.FIELD OF THE DISCLOSURE[0002]This disclosure relates to lubricating oil base stocks and formulations. In Particular, this disclosure relates to cold cranking simulator viscosity (“CCSV”) boosting base stocks that allow flexibility for engine oil formulations to meet both high and low temperature viscosity requirements while maximizing fuel efficiency, lubricating oil formulations containing the CCSV-boosting base stocks, and a method for improving fuel efficiency in an engine by using as engine oil a lubricating oil formulation containing one or more of the CCSV-boosting base stocks.BACKGROUND OF THE DISCLOSURE[0003]Automotive engine oils conform to the SAE J300 metric for grading engine oil viscosity. For each SAE engine oil grade (e.g., 5 W-20, 10 W-30, etc.) there are maximum and minimum viscosity requ...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): C10M111/02C10M105/04C10M101/04C10M105/48C10M105/68C10M105/06C10M105/18
CPCC10M111/02C10M105/04C10M101/04C10M105/48C10M105/68C10M105/06C10M105/18C10M2203/022C10M2207/2815C10M2207/325C10M2215/285C10M2203/065C10M2207/0406C10N2230/02C10N2230/74C10N2240/10C10M171/02C10M105/34C10M2203/0206C10M2205/0285C10M2207/0235C10M2215/0806C10N2020/011C10N2020/02C10N2030/08C10N2030/02C10N2030/74C10N2040/25
Inventor LEWIS, KYLE G.CHEN, PATRICK C.HAGEMEISTER, MARK P.NAMJOSHI, OMKAR A.
Owner EXXONMOBIL CHEM PAT INC
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